BASEBORN

• (adj.) illegitimate

  synonyms : base

  he carried with him all his life the mark of a base birth, though it was no fault of his. -added by diviya_inlas

• (adj.) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

  "baseborn wretches with dirty faces", "of humble (or lowly) birth"

  synonyms : base , humble , lowly

  i wonder if people still use terms like base to refer to folks of lower means than themselves. -added by diviya_inlas

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